At the airport Sunday morning, the schmoozing continued, only “Who are you going to see tonight?” was replaced with “Did you get any sleep last night?” Since the answer was, “Kind of…,” let’s backtrack and review the weekend.
Friday meant Ivana’s panel on the realities of releasing a record (“What to Expect When You’re Expecting”), at which Aware/Columbia’s Bleu got advice and wisdom from the likes of MTV2’s David Cohn, Virgin’s Jennifer Sperandeo, Hollywood’s Abbey Konowitch, Q101’s Tim Richards, KMYZ’s Lynn Barstow and The Thorns’ Matthew Sweet. From there, it was over to a surprisingly lovey-dovey managers’ panel…
…Which I would have more to say about if I hadn’t bailed on it to go to the Alternative Press party, where, true to form, Jason Reynolds had to run to catch Recover. Sounds like pop-punk, looks like Skynyrd. Apparently I’m the only person who doesn’t like them, but that’s nothing new in my life. There were lots of “kids” in black Dickies with white leather belts. Ah, those nutty nonconformists. Friday night was the best lineup of music.
Friday’s highlights/lowlights:
Saturday meant oversleeping all the panels and going to Emo’s for artist Derrick Hess’ party. Cleveland’s Disengage put on a solid, Tool-influenced rock show—at 1:45 p.m., which is way too early to rock that hard. Then it was off to the ASCAP showcase at Stubbs, the Rounder party and any other place that had free beer and music. I pretty much hit the wall and hope to never see another band or beer ever again.
Saturday’s highlights/lowlights:
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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